About 50 m down slope is an ATV trail, 100 m below the trail is the Gauley River. The river can be heard from the plot.;Section of Quercus/Rhododendron forest. There is little overstory cover <40% and the Rhododendron covers about 90%. It is very warm here even though there is a lot of shade from the Rhodo. There are almost no forbs other than a magnolia seedling.
Representativeness
Large patch of foreset with >90% Rhododendron cover. Plot was placed to sample ELU 1113. Little cover from overstory trees.